Association Between Financial Incentives in Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and Hospital Readmission Performance
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Network Open
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2574-3805
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2044